If not too late, another recommendation would be Rogue RP1. Great value on a used market and a very nice sounding preamp. You can upgrade it’s performance by rolling some nice tubes in.
Need help choosing preamp for streaming
Greetings,
I recently purchased a new pair of JBL HDI-3800 speakers. I have an old Aragon 8008 amplifier that I would like to use with them. I would like to stream music from Tidal and also listen to YouTube videos through them. I have never streamed music, so I have no idea exactly what I need.
I would like to be able to use my iPhone 15 to choose the music to stream. I have no intention of playing CDs or LPs, so I don’t need anything with those capabilities. From what I’ve read I imagine I need a preamplifier, and perhaps a BlueSound Node. If that’s the case, I don’t want to spend much more than $1,000 on the preamp. The preamp must have a remote control. If purchasing an integrated amp is my best option, I would not want to spend much more than $2,000 on an integrated amplifier with a remote control. I don’t mind purchasing used, but I prefer new because of the warranty.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I was going to type that it would probably be shipped with tubes, but I just went to Schitt’s site and saw the same thing that I guess you did. If it was me, I think I’d let Schitt pick the first set of tubes. They ought to know what sounds good in it. You could play around with rolling tubes a bit further on down the road. Enjoy! (Those JBLs look like fun. Is that Aragon a pretty beefy amp to handle that 4 ohm load?) |
@jbuhl Thank you for the recommendation. The Moon Ace appears to be an integrated amp/streamer. I’ve decided that I want to try a system using my Aragon 8008 for now. If whatever I choose to use at this time doesn’t work out I’ll look into the Moon Ace further. |
@audphile1 It's not too late, so thank you for the recommendation. I'm still trying to decide. I'd like to purchase something new that I can have in my hands by this Friday, the 5th. The Freya would not get here by Friday that's why my hunt continues. I obviously need to purchase something today. |
@immatthewj Thank you for that information. Given your recommendation, if I were going with the Freya I would definitely have Schitt supply the tubes. The Aragon is a dual mono-block amplifier which produces 400 watts into 4 ohm loads. I also have an Adcom GFA-555 II amplifier which has been rebuilt. |
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